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     in; as vice with a huge white Turban, 
     
     big as his dignified bottom. 
     
     As the proceedings were about to 'com- 
     
     ence,the chairman gravely and slowly 
     
     wt'roin his seat, full of that conscious 
     
     igniiy that great men so well know how 
     
     . assume and command respect. Having 
     
     laced bimSelf in a studied and theatrical 
     
     ttitude, with one hand stretched out 
     
     racet'ully towards the Members, he now 
     
     egan topuffand blow tillhe had inllated 
     
     is corporate,it had the appearance of a 
     
     Smock bleaching in a high wind.” l—Iis 
     
     yes seemed to strike tire with indigna- 
     
     'on, and the whole man seemed to por- 
     
     rav vehemence pregnant with great effects, 
     
     nd as these turbulent passions had sub- 
     
     'ded somewhat, his tongue found utterance 
     
     o the following address:— 
     
     .‘ Gentlemen—I believe you are all ac- 
     
     uainted with the object of this meeting, 
     
     hich is to sit in judgment ona certain 
     
     rying character or spy, on our most 
     
     utlable actions..”c has (do you see) dared 
     
     arraign'our conduct as leaders of this 
     
     istrict, and leaders of the blind, which for 
     
     'meimmemorial has been our esclusive 
     
     rivilege, and no one for a moment ever 
     
     ared 'even to doubt our prerogative, some 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' f us present have servod the public in 
     
    
   
   
    
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     arliament, assembled many a weary Sc;- 
     
     'on,\ve have- madc laws for their pigs, 
     
     or their fences, the wild beast and all that, 
     
     d if we have mouopolized every sous of 
     
     ublic profit for roads, bridges et cetera. 
     
     we have tlecced the poor in the dignified 
     
    

    
     3' 0 oil P. it'wehavo grasped mes-t ofthe 
     
     nd to the exclusion ofall others; if we have 
     
     harged cent per cent more than the fair 
     
     In er what matters, we have more than 
     
     recedcnt for all these If we . have 
     
     o d the .vilest filth in the shape of tobacco, 
     
     kill devil impregnated with‘oil of,vitrio| 
     
    

    
     ~ ntobaCcojuioe, the poor rogues were glad 
     
     ' get them, as also damaged or dam‘d Bo- 
     
     - a, at ten or twelve shillings per pound, 
     
     or these they were equally glad to get 
     
     into. our books, and once in. who would 
     
     0 the feels to let them out with impunity. 
     
     0, t’ware better to hold the sorry rogues 
     
     “perpetual subservient-e and thereby rule 
     
     e roast; Gentlemen ofthe dark society, 
     
     ll these things could do and more, 
     
     ad grow fat on {hf} spoil. But now for- 
     
     th a pitiful knave who calls himself 
     
     osicrucious has sprung up amongst us, 
     
     ho has had the audacity to impugn 
     
     s in a lump, not Judicious by singling 
     
     at one, but takes us collectively as a 
     
     Ody. Now Gentlemen, what is an agra- 
     
     tion to the business, this same wily 
     
     nave set at nought our dinners and our 
     
     Fog, having but little himself, yet has the 
     
     esumption to be honest enough to des- 
     
     'se our worldly acquisitions, unlike the 
     
     orld’in general, pays us no deference for 
     
    
   
   
    
     it commands the greatest homage, but , 
     
    
   
   
    
     l"! by himself uncorrupted by the times 
     
     ndlaughs us to scam for our ignorance. 
     
    
   
   
    
     THE BRITISH AMERICAN 
     
    
   
   
    
     Something must be done with thistroublesome 
     
     fellow, and speak ye as to the best method. 
     
     I‘he next speaker Observed that it was far 
     
     easier to point out the nature of a disease 
     
     than oftimes to find a remedy, and though 
     
     he acknowledged that he was as anxious 
     
     to suppress the popular tide in favor of 
     
     Kosicrucions as any member of the as- 
     
     sembly,yet that did not shut his eyes against 
     
     the nnpracticability, and singular as his ob- 
     
     yersation might appear, be much doubted 
     
     it the whole concentrated talent of the 
     
     members were sufficient of themselves to 
     
     etlect the desirable object contemplated. 
     
     For he said that it should be understood 
     
     that in the person of R s the 
     
     had a monster to contend with, who had 
     
     become beseted to his new fangled notions 
     
     ofjnsticc . 
     
    

    
     It was, however, remarked by another of 
     
     the divan, there was one way and only one, 
     
     that carried with it any chance of success, 
     
     and this was, to employ one pedagogue, a 
     
     keen and notable fellow of the Jewish 
     
     trilxg'wlm for a mere trifle or favor from 
     
     the rich would Open the floodgates of his 
     
     learned lore obtained from his old musty 
     
     archives of Aberdeen College, that would 
     
     overwhelm as it were a votery, or in 
     
     other words by using his pen which would 
     
     be Worse than hell’s besom, it would at 
     
     once sweep him to perdition. 
     
    

    
     'Yours, (ye.- 
     
     ROSICRUCIOL'S. 
     
     (To be continued.) 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Reported for the: British flatter-icon, 
     
     Club Room, lz’th Feb. 1833. 
     
     In consequence of the heavy fall of snow 
     
     this evening, some members of the Club 
     
     were late in assembling, which gave rise 
     
     to the following very spirited Debate. 
     
    

    
     No sooner was the roll called over, and 
     
     all the Members in their places; than Mr. 
     
     Hard-Bottle rose and said,—-—Mr. Presi- 
     
     dent,—before we go into any business, 
     
     I consider it is necessary to makea few 
     
     remarks relative to the time and manner 
     
     oflmeeting in future. I cannot at all Sir, 
     
     see thei use in adjourning this club to any 
     
     particular hour. If a strict attendance is 
     
     not observed at the Appointed time. Be- 
     
     cause Sir, in my Opinion, thereason why 
     
     a time is stated or named is, that members 
     
     may be prepared to lay aside all private 
     
     matters and attend to their public duties. 
     
     And if one member has liberty to stop half 
     
     an hour longer than the stated time of 
     
     meeting, another will no doubt claim a 
     
     similar privilege, and a third may perhaps 
     
     claim an hour ; and if the first be tolera— 
     
     ted, why not the second and third 9 and 
     
     whilst members are allowed to do what 
     
     they please in this way, why appoint an 
     
     hour at all? Thus you see, Mr. President, 
     
     if the regular boundaries be once suffered 
     
     to be trampled, on, there is no knowinv 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     yrhere they maybe afterwards sett 
     
    
   
   
    
     led}: had a "bottle of Wine, or a 
     
    
   
   
    
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     There is much important business to be 
     
     transacted; and if the honorable members 
     
     of this club do not attend to it in due'course, 
     
     I much fear the scanty means at our dis 0- 
     
     sal will not afford to pay “Lat- Pier 3” 
     
     to do the business for us; and even though 
     
     it did, why they people may sa [and with 
     
     justice too] that we are mere rones who 
     
     do nothing, only get clerks to work for 
     
     us and make the public pay for them, and 
     
     pay ourselves also. I therefore move 
     
     Sir, that if any member ofthis 'C'lub shall 
     
     be absent more than fifleen minutes after 
     
     the time appointed for meeting, he shall be 
     
     lined Gs. 8d. and shall be ohligedto give a. 
     
     “feed” to the whole of “ the troop." 
     
    

    
     The Doctor said, he wondered very 
     
     much that his Hon. friend (Mr. Hardbot- 
     
     tle) did not include a dozen of wine as well 
     
     as the “feed.” But, Mr. President, I 
     
     think it would be altogether beneath . the 
     
     dignity ofthis Club to restrict the me rs 
     
     thereof under any such penalty. S so 
     
     Sir. that during the time of my engagement 
     
     in public business my wife, should come 
     
     to Town, would I not be worse than a, 
     
     monster not to pay her the horn uge due to 
     
     the lady ofan honourable Member of this 
     
     Hub? [appeal to every married man in 
     
     this Club, if it be not right I should do so, 
     
     and it isa question with me, if anyofour 
     
    

    
     oung beaux would not break through the 
     
     tales of this club for the sake of paying his 
     
     devotions to his “ Susan” if she came 
     
     the way. Besides Sir, I dont see that the 
     
     Hon. the House of Assembly are‘over s¢ru~ 
     
     pnlons iuthat way, for you may ohserlve h 
     
     the “British American,” that althong 
     
     they adjourn to 11 o’clock, it is- sometimes 
     
     one o‘clock before the commence their la- 
     
     bors, and seldom they continue such labors 
     
     later thanfour. P. M. Now Sir, taking 3 
     
     hours to be the maxunum of each days In» 
     
     bor,and that every day costs the Public Fif. 
     
     teen or Sixteen pounds, (although it is said» 
     
     the House of Assembly are the servants of 
     
     the public;) would it not be extremely 
     
     hard that the members of this Club who 
     
     haVc no pay at all, and who are. not the 
     
     servants, but the Gum-dinnsqf the Public, 
     
     should he so much confined to a stated hour 
     
     ofattendence. And as a further illustration 
     
     of the force of my argument, I beg to refer 
     
     you to fifty years past, and see what the 
     
     practice of the Supreme Court had been, 
     
     in those days, there Sir, you will find that 
     
     the practice was, to notify attendance at 
     
     10 o’clock forenoon, and perhaps it 
     
     would he 2 o’clock, r. at. before the Court 1 
     
     met, and then it was Only to read the 
     
     Proclamatious against “ Vice and Im‘; 
     
     morality 51.0. &c. after this was done,‘ 
     
     adjourn until 10 o’clock the next day, 
     
     next ‘day meet, at one or two, then the 
     
     Judge would ask if there were any “Cal,” ; 
     
     ready,” and because this was the kernel-q 
     
     ling time with the Lawyers, they prob’pbly.; 
     
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